Smart Buildings Learning Center

Four principles for a winning work order
Four principles for a winning work order

Work orders for buildings have to balance information with burdening building occupants. Experts from Gridium discuss the four critical aspects of work orders.

Special programs
Special programs

Demand response and other incentive programs can be confusingly complex, but done right they can yield handsome returns with minimal risk.

Weather normalization
Weather normalization

Weather drives day-to-day variation in energy use that obscures underlying trends. Statistical analysis can help you pull a signal from the noise.

Time-of-use rates
Time-of-use rates

Utilities vary prices by time of day and season to encourage buildings to reduce energy use during peak grid load. If you’re not winning the energy efficiency game, you’re losing.